To continue the coal campaign, which includes hiring two temporary organizers focused on achieving closure of Connecticut’s Bridgeport Harbor plant and expanding the grassroots movement for clean energy by connecting it to local opponents to natural gas infrastructure.
To ensure Holyoke’s just transition to a clean, sustainable future as the Mt. Tom coal plant is retired.
To build public and policymaker support to secure state-level carbon pricing policies in Oregon by 2017.
To increase public and policymaker support and understanding of the benefits of a revenue-neutral carbon tax in Massachusetts.
To educate the public and policymakers about a tax on carbon as a promising and effective action to address climate change.
To retire the regions coal-fired power plants and plan for the redevelopment of the sites.
To work toward the closure of the five remaining coal plants in New England by 2020 and support permanent retirement, just transition for workers and communities, and appropriate redevelopment or repowering at each site.
To work toward the closure of Brayton Point by 2017, and ensure a smart transition that meets community and worker needs while stimulating clean energy development in the region.
As part of the Healthy Connecticut Alliance, which is working to retire the Bridgeport Harbor Station coal plant; create and facilitate a community planning process that focuses on a sustainable post-retirement use of the coal plant aligned with the citys…
To retire the Mt. Tom coal plant sooner rather than later, and then engage the community in planning the redevelopment of the coal plant site in a way that secures jobs and protects the health of residents.